Category Archives: Just for Fun

From each of us here at In The Old Corps to each of you, please have a joy-filled and safe celebration of the new year. Recapping 2017 proved easy. There were only 2 news stories this year: at any moment … Continue reading →

Blogging here at intheoldcorps and previously at OPFOR is fun and engaging. We blog about VMI, the military and society in general, and specialize in outrages. What one notices going through the posts is just how cyclic the outrages are. … Continue reading →

Thank you for your patience with my absence. I enjoyed my first non-working vacation visiting Santa Fe, Patagonia, and the Mojave between Palm Springs and 29er Palms. No itinerary beyond moving around and seeing the people and places and trying … Continue reading →

Practically the only ghosts at VMI are First Classmen in good standing and with a full tank of gas. Because VMI’s history as an armory, and as a source of military personnel – some of whom were killed in action … Continue reading →

YES! Clearance sale by the Normandy Tank Museum, which is, sadly, closing its doors (hatches?). And more than just tanks, in fact all sorts of vehicles, including a 1943 Harley in US Navy livery. That’s pretty neat. How did the … Continue reading →